Inking-pad.



M. L. WILLARD.

INKING PM APPLICATION FILED APR. n. 1916.

1 ,25 1 ,72 1 Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

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MAURICE L. WILLARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SUPERIOR TYPE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

INKING'HPAD.

Specificatien of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1916. Serial No. 90,425

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE L. WILLARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in InkingPads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in inking pads for hand stamps and the object of the invention is to provide a pad which will be neat in appearance, durable in use, and one which will not scratch the surface of the most highly polished desk.

The invention in it preferable embodiment, consists of the construction and arrangement herein described and then definitely claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part hereof:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my pad.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, with the cover thrown open and with parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section.

Referring now t the details of the drawings by numerals: 1 designates the base which is preferably formed of vulcanized rubber and is provided with a thin piece of sheet metal 2 vulcanized therein as clearly indicated in Fi 3 so that the pad will have the desired stiffness or firmness. The base is provided with side and end walls 4 which extend entirely around the same and leave a recess for the insertion of a pad 6. At opposite ends of the rear of the base 1 are two lugs 8 and 10 which are perforated as shown at 11 for the reception of a pintle 12 which passes through cylindrical members 14 of a cover 15 and into the perforations 11, thereby forming a hinge and permitting the cover to be swung from the closed position inclicated in Fig. 1 to the open position shown in Fig. 2.

The pad itself is formed of any desirable ink holding material 18 placed upon a stifl and preferably metal plate 20 of proper size to fit in the recess left between the side and end walls 4, the covering of the pad, which extends over the ink holding material 18, being turned under the metal plate 20 and secured thereto in any desirable way.

In the act of assembling the pad it will be obvious that the pad may be placed in the recess between the walls 4:, and may be ccmented therein or not as desired. The cover may be easily secured in position after the pintle has been placed through the members lt by bending the lug 8 and 10 as shown in Fig. 2, the lugs springing back into position as soon as released.

From the foregoing and accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have provided a pad which, while formed of relatively soft vulcanized rubber, has all the stiffness of a met-a1 frame, and at the same time it will not mar the highly polished surface of a desk. The frame is very durable in use and neat in appearance.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown in the drawings but reference should be made to the appended claims to determine the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a recess for the pad, and a stifi plate located in said base, substantially as described.

2. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a recess for the pad, lugs at the rear of the same, a cover, and a pintle projecting from said cover and into said lugs, substantially as described 3. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a stifi plate located therein, side and end wall forming a recess for the pad, and a pad located in said recess, substantially as described.

4. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material, walls projecting from said base and forming a recess for the pad, lugs at the rear of the same, a cover, and a pintle projecting from said cover and into said lugs, substantially as described.

5. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a stiff plate therein, walls projecting from said base and forming a recess for the pad, lugs at the rear of the same, a cover, and a pintle projecting from said cover and into said lugs, substantially as described.

6. In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a recess or opening for the pad, and a pad located in said recess and having a stiff plate therein, substantially as described.

7 In a stamp pad, a base formed of relatively soft material having a stiff plate located therein and having an opening for a pad, and a pad located in said opening and having a stifl plate therein, substantially as and having a stiff plate therein, substandescribed. tially as described. 10 8. In a stamp pad, a base formed of rela- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature tively soft material having a stifi plate 10- in presence of two Witnesses. 5 cated therein and having an opening for a MAURICE L. WILLARD.

pad, lugs at the rear of said base, a cover, Witnesses: a pintle projecting from said cover and into HENRY F. HACKER, said lugs, and a pad located in said opening CHAS. A. GENDELMEYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

